What you request to know
- President Donald Trump is acceptable to conscionable with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders contiguous successful Washington, arsenic his medication attempts to broker a bid woody betwixt Russia and Ukraine successful their war's 4th year.
- Heads of authorities from respective NATO allied countries volition commencement arriving astatine the White House astatine 12 p.m. ET.
- United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni volition beryllium joined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
- Markets opened somewhat lower, with each 3 large U.S. banal indexes down by debased double-digit margins pursuing 2 consecutive weeks of gains.
- Trump and Putin met successful Anchorage, Alaska, for astir 3 hours Friday, but ended that league without the ceasefire that the U.S. president had said helium wanted.
CNBC reporters are covering the acme unrecorded and the Ukraine-Russia warfare connected aerial and online from our bureaus successful Washington; New York, London; Singapore; San Francisco; and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
What clip is the gathering betwixt Trump and Zelenskyy
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy be a gathering connected the sidelines of NATO acme successful The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Service | Via Reuters
European leaders program to statesman arriving astatine the White House astir 12 p.m. ET
Trump is expected to greet Zelenskyy astatine the White House astatine 1 p.m. ET.
The 2 leaders are scheduled to statesman bilateral talks determination astatine 1:15 p.m.
- Dan Mangan
Which European leaders person already visited Trump's White House
While it's antithetic for truthful galore European leaders to question to the White House astatine once, each making the travel has already met with Trump during his 2nd term.
Zelenskyy notoriously met with Trump successful February, during a gathering that rapidly devolved into a shouting match.
While this volition beryllium von der Leyen's archetypal clip astatine the White House this term, she has met with the president before, including last month successful Turnberry, Scotland.
Rutte has traveled to the White House astatine slightest doubly since Trump's instrumentality to office, erstwhile successful March and the different clip successful July.
Starmer, Merz, Meloni and Macron person each antecedently met with Trump astatine the White House astatine slightest once, portion Stubb is making his archetypal travel this term.
Stubb played golf with Trump earlier this year, however.
— Erin Doherty
Trump gripes astir disapproval of his acme with Putin successful Alaska
Trump continued to kick astir the ongoing criticism of his acme with Putin successful Alaska past Friday, which ended with nary ceasefire oregon bid woody and was followed by an abridged "press conference" that allowed nary questions from the press.
"I americium wholly convinced that if Russia raised their hands and said, 'We springiness up, we concede, we surrender, we volition GIVE Ukraine and the large United States of America, the astir revered, respected, and almighty of each countries, EVER, Moscow and St. Petersburg, and everything surrounding them for a 1000 miles, the Fake News Media and their Democrat Partners would accidental that this was a atrocious and humiliating time for Donald J. Trump, 1 of the worst days successful the past of our Country,'" Trump wrote connected Truth Social.
"But that's wherefore they are the FAKE NEWS, and the severely failing Radical Left Democrats. Thank you for your attraction to this matter!!!"
— Kevin Breuninger
'Russia should not beryllium rewarded,' Zelenskyy says aft 'cynical' strikes connected Ukraine civilian targets
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a property briefing pursuing telephone calls with U.S. President Donald Trump, amid Russia’s onslaught connected Ukraine, successful Kyiv, Ukraine, May 19, 2025.
Thomas Peter | Reuters
Hours earlier his gathering with Trump, Zelenskyy accused Russia of deliberately attacking civilian targets successful Ukraine successful bid to undermine the upcoming bid talks astatine the White House and rise unit connected Kyiv and Europe.
"This was a demonstrative and cynical Russian strike," Zelenskyy wrote successful an X station that included video footage of an flat gathering connected occurrence with monolithic holes successful its roof.
He said astatine slightest 10 radical person been killed and dozens much injured successful Russian attacks successful Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and the Sumy region. He besides said that Russia struck an Azerbaijani-owned vigor installation successful Odesa, calling it "an onslaught not lone connected america but besides connected our relations and vigor security."
"Putin volition perpetrate demonstrative killings to support unit connected Ukraine and Europe, arsenic good arsenic to humiliate diplomatic efforts. That is precisely wherefore we are seeking assistance to enactment an extremity to the killings," Zelenskyy said. "That is wherefore reliable information guarantees are required. That is wherefore Russia should not beryllium rewarded for its information successful this war. The warfare indispensable beryllium ended. And it is Moscow that indispensable perceive the word: 'Stop.'"
— Kevin Breuninger
Trump teases uncertainty up of Zelenskyy talks: "Lets spot what the results volition be???"
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures arsenic Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks connected on the time they conscionable astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 28, 2025.
Nathan Howard | Reuters
Trump said it is "a large time astatine the White House" successful a Truth Social station up of his gathering with Zelenskyy.
"We person ne'er had truthful galore European Leaders present astatine 1 time," helium wrote, calling the convening of leaders crossed the European Union a "great grant for America."
"Lets spot what the results volition be???" helium continued.
The European leaders, which see French President Emmanuel Macron, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, are acceptable to get astatine the White House astatine noon.
— Erin Doherty
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